Re: How to find solutions for conditioned equations?
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- Subject: [mg19890] Re: [mg19861] How to find solutions for conditioned equations?
- From: BobHanlon at aol.com
- Date: Sun, 19 Sep 1999 18:47:37 -0400
- Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com
A[x_ /; -1 < x <= 1] := (x + 1)/2;
A[x_ /; 1 < x <= 3] := (3 - x)/2;
A[x_] = 0;
Plot[A[x], {x, -1.2, 3.2}];
Needs["Algebra`InequalitySolve`"];
soln[a_ /; 0 <= a <= 1] := Module[{x}, x /.
{ToRules[InequalitySolve[(x + 1)/2 == a || (3 - x)/2 == a, x]]}];
Table[soln[a], {a, 0, 1, .2}]
{{-1, 3}, {-0.6, 2.6}, {-0.2, 2.2}, {0.2, 1.8}, {0.6, 1.4}, {1.}}
Bob Hanlon
In a message dated 9/19/1999 5:43:39 AM, d8442803 at student.nsysu.edu.tw writes:
>Suppose I have an equation
>
>A(x)= (x+1)/2, for -1<x<=1
> = (3-x)/2, for 1<x<=3
> = 0 , otherwise
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>Now if I want to find solutions for A(x)==a, how can I otain the
>solutions simultaneously (i.e., represented as (2a-1, 3-2a))? I always
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>use the stupid method to solve them separately, but I found it's laborous
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>when I have B(x), C(x) needed to be solved together. (I am trying to use
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>alpha-cut to proceed the interval operations) Any suggestions?
>